<ul class="nav">
<?php
$content = new Models_Topmenu();
$topMenu = $content->getTopMenu();
$url = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
?>
    <li>
        <span class="brand" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 4px;">Information for:</span>
    </li>
    <?php
        foreach ($topMenu as $value) 
        {
            if($url['path'] == '/articles/show/' . $value[$content->lang . '_article_id'])
            {
                $active = 'class="active"';
            } else {
                $active ='';
            }
            echo '<li ' . $active . '><a href="/' . $content->path . 'articles/show/' . $value[$content->lang . '_article_id'] . '">' 
                    . $value['name'] 
                    . '</a></li>';
        }
    ?>
</ul>